Shell’s second waterflood monitor survey offshore Brazil shows technical success. Jeannie Stell reports. SBM Offshore’s Espirito Santo FPSO can produce up to 100,000 bo/d and inject up to 75,000 b/d of water…
Applying materials and corrosion science to the study of corrosion fatigue in high-strength steel wire aids flexible riser performance understanding. Intertek’s Peter Barnes explains. Example of a riser performing on a platform…
Already deployed off Brazil and West Africa, Jerry Lee investigates a new way to intervene on wells — from the drill pipe. Animated picture of the ocean floor properties of Vallourec. Image from Vallourec…
Fluid Components International’s (FCI) new model ST100L air/gas in-line thermal mass flow meter features an all-welded, no-thread flow element connection to provide flow measurement in demanding high-pressure industrial operating environments…
Houston-based Excelerate Energy received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Aguirre Offshore GasPort project offshore Puerto Rico.Image from Excelerate. After nearly four years of environmental reviews…
Image: diver working/Harkand Harkand has carried out the first-ever free inertial metrology in Mexico's waters and at a new depth for this approach in the region. The global inspection…
Enterprise Products Partners LP executed definitive agreements to sell its offshore Gulf of Mexico pipelines and services business to Genesis Energy, LP for approximately US$1.5 billion in cash. Image from Enterprise…
Precision measurement specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) launched an inspection service to analyze the critical internal girth features of oil and gas pipeline welds in the firing line. Specifically designed to blend seamlessly with pipe weld processes…
Gazprom handed Eni subsidiary Saipem a termination notice for the South Stream pipeline project to transport gas via a pipeline in the Black Sea. Image of South Stream pipelay. Images from Gazprom…
2H Offshore has been awarded two separate contracts, one by Hess Corp. and a second contract by Enbridge Energy Co., to verify the design, fabrication and installation phases of the steel catenary risers (SCRs) for the Stampede field development in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)…
The Research Council of Norway has through its Petromaks 2 program awarded 4Subsea funding for a research initiative on corrosion in flexible pipes. The initiative aims at developing new and improved ways of assessing structural integrity…
Subsea 7 has been awarded four contracts by Chevron Australia and INPEX Operations Australia for the engineering, procurement and construction of an emergency pipeline repair system (EPRS) to be used offshore Australia. This EPRS project consists of developing a process of repair…
Medical technology has been taken to the bottom of deepwater Gulf of Mexico to help operators understand their flow assurance and asset integrity issues. Elaine Maslin explains a technology first. Discovery deployed…
Within the next few years, a couple of major decommissioning projects are set to start in the UK sector of the North Sea at the Brent and Murchison fields — and there are plenty of other projects in the pipeline. John Bradbury outlines the activity…
Could the North Sea become a CO2 storage site? Elaine Maslin takes a look at two proposed projects and some of the challenges involved. The CCS goal—how the Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage sees carbon capture and storage on and offshore…
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